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Ddasaccident132, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident132, Hd-Aid
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The investigators determined that the victim was investigating a reading in a pile of soil deposited by the back-hoe when the mine went off. The investigators reported that the victim claimed to have been using a bayonet but that his lack of injury made them think this unlikely.
Ddasaccident134, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident134, Hd-Aid
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The investigators determined that Victim No.1 was investigating a pile of spoil deposited by the back-hoe when he got a continuous detector reading and started excavating with a long handled shovel. He detonated a mine. The mine was identified as a PMN (by "found fragments").
Ddasaccident133, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident133, Hd-Aid
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The investigators decided that the victim got a detector reading and investigated it but found nothing. He checked with the detector and still got a reading, so squatted to prod thinking it was a fragment. The device which exploded was assumed to be an MUV fuze because of the presence of POMZ fragments in that minefield.
Ddasaccident020, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident020, Hd-Aid
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When the deminer came alongside the first mine, he located another, and called the victim again. The victim decided to prepare the mines for destruction, took the deminer's "spade" and sent him away. When the deminer reached the safe area the detonation occurred at 09:55.
Ddasaccident136, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident136, Hd-Aid
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No investigation on behalf of the UN MAC was made available. An initial letter informing the UN MAC of the accident was found. The following summarises its content.
Ddasaccident135, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident135, Hd-Aid
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The investigators decided that the victim found a detector reading, marked it, and started to excavate with a pick – contravening a UN MAC directive to stop using a pick for excavation. The mine was identified as a PMN (from "found fragments").
Ddasaccident359, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident359, Hd-Aid
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The operator had returned to Pit 1 and was in the process of checking the pit fully when the EOD specialist arrived. As he left the pit to meet him, one of the fuzes functioned. 2 fragments had entered through the side and rear of his boot.
December 4, 1997, James Madison University
December 4, 1997, James Madison University
The Breeze, 1990-1999
The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Ddasaccident220, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident220, Hd-Aid
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The investigators concluded that the accident was "preventable". The mine should have been found during excavation but the appropriate SOPs were not being used. Supervision was inadequate and the control of movement in cleared areas was not in accordance with SOPs.
Ddasaccident137, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident137, Hd-Aid
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The victims were in a vehicle that detonated an AT mine with a front wheel. The ground was a dirt road in grazing land. A photograph showed a flat earth area with water in puddles. "The front wheel of the truck and the cabin were destroyed". [A photograph showed the cab separated from the truck and severely damaged.]
Ddasaccident166, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident166, Hd-Aid
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The victim's partner placed a start stick about 25cm away from the marked edge of the safe lane from which they were advancing, and a second stick half a meter in front of that (so marking the working area). The victim checked his detector, then started to sweep the first 50cm in front of the start stick. This took about one minute. On finding the area clear he bent down to pick up the start stick and moved it forward, taking a step forward as he did so. He stepped on a mine that had been in front of or …
November 24, 1997, James Madison University
November 24, 1997, James Madison University
The Breeze, 1990-1999
The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Ddasaccident139, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident139, Hd-Aid
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The investigators concluded that the victim was feeling unwell and had requested leave, so he might not have been concentrating when he stepped into an uncleared area. He might also have stepped on a missed mine.
Ddasaccident139, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident139, Hd-Aid
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The investigators checked the Team's detectors and found five to be not "in proper working condition". The victim used one of these detectors. At the end of the working day the victim was taking his equipment to the store and either stepped into an uncleared area or stepped on a missed mine (due to the faulty detectors).
Ddasaccident009, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident009, Hd-Aid
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The victim had been a deminer for seven years. It was ten days since he had last attended a revision course, and two days since he was last on leave. The ground being cleared was described as the medium-hard bed of a dry lake. The victim's bayonet was destroyed and the visor damaged. The investigators claimed to have found fragments to confirm that the mine involved was a PMN.
Ddasaccident054, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident054, Hd-Aid
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The team started work at 07:30 and was working in a crater on the road when the accident occurred at 10:30. The soil in the crater was "a friable sandy clay" that allowed detectors to be used. There was a UXO (specified only as "rocket") lying against the side of the crater. The team had cleared and marked two one metre wide lanes across the large crater. Shortly before the accident Victim No.1 was seen to raise and re-tune his Ebinger detector. Victim No.2 was 25 metres away but reported that he heard Victim No.1's detector bleep immediately before the …
November 20, 1997, James Madison University
November 20, 1997, James Madison University
The Breeze, 1990-1999
The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Ddasaccident024, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident024, Hd-Aid
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On the day of the accident the victim started work at 07:00 clearing "a line to the spot were they earlier had found the POMZ and started 10 metres from the spot". His lane was one metre wide and required the cutting of foliage with a machete before clearing. When he was about a metre from the spot a detonator (MUV-2) exploded (at 07:30). "He got small stones in the face and head which gave him small wounds".
Ddasaccident116, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident116, Hd-Aid
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The accident occurred at 11:15 in an area that was undulating and steep with dry earth and rock. The victim was investigating a detector reading with a prodder when the mine exploded. He suffered minor blast injuries to his chin and small fragment injuries to his right hand, his right thigh and knee joint. His helmet and visor took most of the blast. The victim was blown back and rolled several metres down a slope. He was evacuated, with two deminers of the same blood group, to the "Emergency" Hospital.
November 17, 1997, James Madison University
November 17, 1997, James Madison University
The Breeze, 1990-1999
The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Ddasaccident221, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident221, Hd-Aid
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The investigators decided that Victim No.1 probably believed the area was safe because it had been checked by the dog. They were "unable to draw any meaningful conclusions about the dog's performance on that day". They felt that Victim No.1 was "not sufficiently systematic" in his detector search.
Ddasaccident006, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident006, Hd-Aid
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The team started work at 07:30 and at 09:30 it started to rain so they stopped work. The rain was light but it prevented the deminers from seeing through their visors until 10:55 when they started work again. At 11:10 the victim found a mine and was starting to mark it. He turned to his No.2 to request some pickets and as he did so he slipped and fell backwards onto the mine. The victim was holding his detector at the time. He was thrown into a mined area so a safe lane was cleared to reach him. He was …
Ddasaccident023, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident023, Hd-Aid
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The team began work at 05:45. One dog was found unfit for work and returned to kennels (a tick bite in the eye was the cause). The other dog passed the routine 10 minute pre-work test and started work at around 06:30. Work continued (with two rests) until 09:00 when the dog was given another routine test. The victim entered the cleared area to complete his survey report and at 09:05 and stepped on a mine. He was evacuated to hospital in Maputo and arrived at 10:24. His injuries were severe trauma to left leg resulting in below knee amputation …
November 13, 1997, James Madison University
November 13, 1997, James Madison University
The Breeze, 1990-1999
The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Ddasaccident053, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident053, Hd-Aid
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The victim began work at 07:00 and had worked with a ten minute break each hour until 12:34 when the accident occurred. The method involved excavating "to a depth of 20cm using a sideways sweeping motion" with the hoe [pick]. He had found one mine that morning and as he worked forward he encountered a rock ledge at only 5cm depth. He uncovered the rock for three metres until the ledge ended. At the edge of the rock was a tree root that the deminer tried to cut with the hoe. Either the movement of the tree root initiated the …
November 10, 1997, James Madison University
November 10, 1997, James Madison University
The Breeze, 1990-1999
The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
November 6, 1997, James Madison University
November 6, 1997, James Madison University
The Breeze, 1990-1999
The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
October 27, 1997, James Madison University
October 27, 1997, James Madison University
The Breeze, 1990-1999
The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
October 23, 1997, James Madison University
October 23, 1997, James Madison University
The Breeze, 1990-1999
The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Ddasaccident140, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident140, Hd-Aid
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The investigators decided that the victim was working with the detector and got a reading. He placed one mark and squatted to prod without wearing his helmet correctly. His bayonet was “destroyed” in the accident.